Happily Ever After Haikus

Tail

Boys must act like men.

When pleasing the bride’s booty,

must feed the pussy.

Beans

Eggs were stolen,

Giant’s cock’s suddenly blue,

missing the old hen.

Dream

Ever after wed

I bet she’s good in bed, but

oh, she snores a lot.

Woman in the struggle

Tilad Literary Folio: KAMOOT (Call for Submission february)

Okay, sorry for not mentioning the deadline in the poster. It's on February 10, 2013. We hope to release this folio on the 15th, we will not pursue with the 14th. That's too mainstream. he he he. Well, that's only my opinion. The core group of ALA will be the one deciding. I am not sure whether the letter above is real or a bogus note written by the vice chairman of ALA Rea Robles. We accept poems, short stories, essays and artworks about the topic love. Erotic entries are also allowed. You can write in English, Filipino or Bikol and its variations. Submit them all to kaabtan@gmail.com. 

Batman and Robin

This is a fresh start for the year. I bought a new watercolor pencil set. Derwent is better than Faber Castell because it mixes well with water. On the other hand, Faber Castell eraser is ergonomic, it fits my fingers well.  My wish for this year is to have an A3 size scanner for my works. 

So here's one of my early works, my nephews Zoe and Ethan as Batman (pronounced by Zoe as Bah-man) and Robin. I love the sweetness of this dynamic duo. I hope they stay the same when they grow up.

My Shinigami

I'm a big Deathnote fan. Before the websites imposed the combination of alphanumeric characters, my password for all my social networking accounts was "arikmai" (I am kira, just inverted). My fave characters in the series are Ryuk, Quillsh and Light. I always wanted a shinigami as a friend, the same feeling I have with the minions (of Despicable Me).

Si Piyo (Story Book for Children)

I was commissioned by Sir Rizaldy Manrique to do an illustration for his children's story "Si Piyo, an aki kan bukid Asog". I'm still in the process of completing all the spreads. 

  

In this set I revived my old art style back in 2007. They call it the "Tim-Burtonish" style because of the eyes. They all seem to be suffering from insomnia. hehehe

Happy New Year

A tribute to the Water Snake of Bikol, Oryol. 

Available for shirt prints.

SOLARA

This is a gathering of creatives--illustrators, doodlers, photographers, graphic designers and writers in Bicol. Everyone is invited on February 22-23, 2013 at the Xavier Hall. We'll keep you updated for further details. 

Firestarter

This is one of the covers of Papermonster Press this coming January.

Kasagkoran: TILAD vol 1 issue 03

To celebrate the postponement of the end of the world, the Ateneo Literary Association brings you its second online literary folio, Tilad: Kasagkoran, featuring more poetry, stories, and illustrations from students, teachers, and alumni of Ateneo de Naga University. Enjoy.

Featured in this folio are the illustrations of Veeyah Peñero, Don Ramos, Ken Brian Esperanza,
Paulo Papa and Van Peñaserada.

You can download your own eBook (pdf) copy here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/117655804/KASAGKORAN

Guy on the couch

The Guy on the couch is a character in the movie of Dave Chapelle titled "Halfbaked". He's just a bum who loves his sofa very much that he doesn't leave it. My friend Elmo asked me to do this drawing for an album cover art of his band Unclemullet.  The original plan was to draw it like a kindergarten would do, but I enjoyed drawing it, so here it is. 

I also created a back version of the cover.

Check unclemullet on facebook

Hand-drawn bookmarks for my friends

Because I cannot buy you expensive gifts, just enjoy these bookmarks.

Kamote

This is for the cover of Obras Maestras: Modules for Teaching Bikol Literature edited by Dr. Paz Verdades M. Santos.

The Fish Hair Woman by Merlinda Bobis

I was moved by Dr. Merlinda Bobis' novel about desaparecidos to draw something out of it. The vivid images of characters played in my mind while she was performing it last 21 November 2012 at the Arrupe Convention Hall of Ateneo de Naga University. This took me five days drawing lots of lines while listening to classroom discussions or being alone at the cafeteria.

KASAGKORAN

KATAL: TILAD vol 1 issue 02

Check out the flipbook version of Katal through TILAD Literary Folio.

Vanity

Okay, I'm guilty of being vain. I love doing self portraits. 

teddy me

My latest Art Diary

I just bought this yesterday, I love it.  Sadly the notebook is not tough enough for my hands. 

True!

I executed this typo art for my friend's class project.